[quote=spdrun]I understand your irritation, but driving a car with 30-year-old hubcaps on NYC roads, I probably wouldn’t have notice a few more scratches. This being said, I tend to stay away from any chain oil/tire/service places (including CostCow), opting to have my car worked on by independent mechanics when needed. Much more consistency than the chains that hire any h/s dropout.

I’ll make a slight exception for STS Tire in NJ, which always seemed to do a good job for family (and myself, when I used them).[/quote]

Honestly, it’s more irritation more than anything else. To be fair, the folks that work @ Costco are very friendly and courteous. It’s just I wish they were more careful. I mean, it’s really impossible that sort of scratches to happen on the road. It’s not like the rims are curbed… And furthermore, some of the gashes are too deep to have happened from a simple car wash… Not to mention the car is washed by my detailer, whom I always go over the car over with after he is done…

Oh well. 1st world problem.. You know…

(Hey, I’m not one of those ridiculous costco shoppers that try to return a half eaten chicken, or return a plant that dies a year or two later…Sheesh… I’m actually sensitive to retailers, since it isn’t easy being a retailer in the U.S.)